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From: jpser@cup.portal.com (John Paul Serafin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: This board is the WORST
Message-ID: <34974@cup.portal.com>
Date: 18 Oct 90 02:16:30 GMT
References: <271c58ff-390comp.sys.handhelds@hpcvbbs.UUCP>
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I hope the feelings of the people at HP aren't hurt too much by all the
ranting about their BBS.   It is actually very flexible once one gets
used to it.   The ability to attach files to messages is actually quite
neat.   It is frustrating to learn a complex new BBS at long distance
telephone rates when the real desire is to get info on a calculator.
Perhaps HP could write up a tutorial full of examples that work and
lots of explanation and sell it for $5 or $10.
.
They probably could have saved some grief for themselves and others by
using a cheap PC and BBS, but then the tie in to comp.sys.handhelds
wouldn't be there and multi phone lines would be difficult or expensive.
I do suspect that the vast majority of people calling in have a pc or
mac and that most unix computers must have a vt100 emulator in them 
somewhere.   They should dig up a Vectra from somewhere, put PC Board,
Auntie, or Phoenix on it with the single phone line in the manual, and
put a message on it with a phone number and description for the other
(current) bbs.   The hassel would have to be much less than dealing
with all the abuse they get and the frustrations of the many people
confused by the current bbs must be adding up to a lot of bad feelings.